Wire fastener



Nov. 6, 1923.

S.Y.MONCKTON WIRE FASTENER Filed Nov. 16, 1922 INVENTOR.

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I W AITOR Patented Nov. 6, 1923.

UNITED STATES SAWYER Y. MONCKTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WIRE FASTENEB.

Application filed November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,335.

T 0 all whom, it may canoe-Mi:

Be it known that I, SAWYI'JR Y. MONGKTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented new and 'usefulImprovements in lVire Fasteners, of

which the following is a specification. Y

My invention is particularly applicable to building operations wherein it is desired to hold wire netting or wire lath in spaced relation against a wall surface for the purpose of applying a stucco or plaster finish.

()ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a fastening device by which the wire netting maybe held a uniform distance from the Wall throughout the entire surface covered. In addition to this the fastener can also be used to take up .the slack of said netting in variable amounts whenever required, the spaced relation from the wall surface always remaining constant.

A further object of my invention is to secure the usual sheathing or tar paper and the wire netting by the same device, thus disposing of the separate fastening means for positioning the paper, usually used in addition to the fastening means for the wire.

A further object is a device having a single point and shank instead of the usual- -staple, .thereby enabling said shank to be driven at right angles to the paper and netting exactly the same as the ordinary nail. Other objects will appear from the drawing and the specifications which follow.

By reference to the accompanying drawing my invention will be made clear.

.Figure l is a side view of my fastener showing the shank head and-cup in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan viewshowing my fastener holding the wire netting at various points.

Fig. 3 is a side view of my fastener showing the wire in place and the shank head driven flush with the top of the cup.

Fig-"1 is' a side view showing the shank and wire driven to the base of the cup.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of my shank.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of my cup.

Fig. 7 is a modified form showing the bottom portion of the shank head driven to the base of the cup, and its top portion protruding above the wire.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts.

At 1 I show the shank of my wire fastener, in fixed relation with-which is the head 2 I shank head 2 being ing spaced relation from the surface.

having a downwardly extending fluted edge 3 adaptedto telescope within the cup 4, said cup also havin an opposed or upwardly extending flute edge 5, and preferably a bottom 6, frictionally' engaging at 7, the shank 1. The diameter of the head 2 is materially less than the inside diameter of the cup 4 to allow room for the wire netting 8 to be drawn into the on 4 by means of the diiven through the sheathing or tar pa'per 9 into the woodwork 10, as shown in Fig. 3. When this is being done, the wire netting is positioned within the lowermost fluted portions of the cup so that when driving the shank, as by a. hammer, the netting will be protected for the reason that the hammer strikes the topmost fluted portions of the cup, rather than the wire netting. At the same time the fluting 3 on the shank will firmly grip the Wire and draw it into the cup.

Any slack portions or looseness in the wire netting can be tightened by drawing it further over the fluted edge into the cup, as shown in Fig. 4:. For this reason I prefer to makethe cup of pressed metal and turn the-fluting outwardly as shown at 5,

thereby providing a cradle within which the wire is drawn and bent without cutting or otherwise damaging said wire. The fluting 3 on the shank may be formed in a similar manner to that on the cup.

After the wire is tightened as shown in Fig. 3, it is to be noted that no portion of the shank head projects above the surface of the wire netting and that, therefore, any plastic material applied to the wire netting is of the same thickness over the head 2 as over other portions. The danger of the plastic material cracking or showing rust spots is thereby entirely eliminated over these fastener heads. It will also be seen that the wire netting will always be maintained in a true and star}?- -y driving the shank ,down to the position shown in Fig. 3, the wire is usually sufliciently tightened, but further tightening can be had wherever desired by the use of a nail set driving the shank to a position as shown in Fig. 4. I i

If desired the tar paper 9, with which the wall structure is usually covered, can be held in place by first driving the fastener to the position of Fig. 1, where the bottom of the cup firmly holds the paper 9 against the wall because of frictional enagement between the shank and cup. My astener is particularl effective in this use, for the reason that t e bottom of the cup adjacent the paper seals the hole made by the shank, as well as prevents the tearing of the paper, due to the large bottom area of the cup. 7

After the fastener is driven to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the tar paper held in place, the netting may be placed over said fastener and the shank driven further in the surface to the position shown in Fig. 3 or in Fig. 4. It will thus be seen that both tar paper and netting may be held by means of my fastener without the necessity of the usual separate paper holding means.

In Fig. 7 I show a modified form in which the shank head only is fluted. The wire is tightened by driving the shank down into the cup, but in this form the shank head is preferably of increased thickness, so that when the fluted edges rest upon the interior bottom of the cup the shank head still projects above the surface of the wire netting so as to protect the wire netting from the bows of the hammer while driving the shank. The fluted portion may be integral with the shank head or may consist of a conventional shank as that of a wire nail 20 to which a separate, fluted member 21, preferably of pressed metal, is attached. The fluted member 21 may also be of any desired length, and the combination employed with a fluted or non-fluted edge on the cup 4, and I desire to be understood as claiming all such variations.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener comprising a body member of cup shape and a cooperating shank adapted tobe driven within the recess of the body.

2. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener comprising a body member having a turned over upper edge, over which the wire is drawn, and a cooperating shank,

said body member being recessed and said shank adapted to be riven within said recess.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fastener comprising a shank, a cooperating re-.

cessed body member with a closed bottom pierced by said shank, and a head on said shank adapted to draw wire within said recess.

4. As an article of manufacture, a Wire fastener comprising a bod member and a cooperating shank said he y member bein recessed and having its upper edge flute and said shank adapted to draw the wire within said recess.

5. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener comprising a body member and a cooperating shank, said body member being recessed and said shank having underhung fluting and adapted to draw the wire within said recess.

6. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener comprising a body member and av cooperating shank, said body member being recessed and having upwardly extending fluting thereon and said shank having downwardly extending fluting and adapted to be driven within said recess.

7. As an article of manufacture a wire fastener as set forth in'claim 1 wherein the body member has its upper edge fluted.

8. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener as set forth in claim 1 wherein the body member has upwardly extending fluting about its upper edge and a shank head having downwardly extending fluting about the outer edge of said shank head.

.9. As an article of manufacture, a wire fastener comprising a body member having a base and upwardly extended wire supporting structure at an angle to said base, and a coperating shank adapted to be driven within said structure.

SAWYER Y1 MONCKTON. 

